Aaron Rogers

<p>The NFL's hottest team will be without its most important player Sunday.</p> <p><a href="https://www.nfl.com/players/aaron-rodgers/">Aaron Rodgers</a> tested positive for COVID-19 and is out for Green Bay's <a href="https://www.nfl.com/games/packers-at-chiefs-2021-reg-9">showdown</a> with the Kansas City Chiefs, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported. Rodgers was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list and 2020 first-round pick <a href="https://www.nfl.com/players/jordan-love/">Jordan Love</a> will start in place of Rodgers.</p> <p>Despite telling reporters in August he'd <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleMalzhan/status/1455917445739319301" target="_blank">"been immunized,"</a> Rodgers is not vaccinated against COVID-19, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport and NFL Network's Mike Garafolo reported. Rodgers must spend a mandatory 10 days away from the team, according to the league's COVID-19 protocol, ruling him out for the Packers' Week 9 game against the Chiefs. The earliest Rodgers can rejoin the team is Nov. 13 -- the day before their <a href="https://www.nfl.com/games/seahawks-at-packers-2021-reg-10">Week 10 matchup</a> against the Seahawks.</p> <p>Rodgers previously had sought and was denied an exemption from the NFL-NFL Players Association COVID-19 protocols based on his antibody levels this summer, which left his status as unvaccinated, NFL Media reported Wednesday.</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/david-ostrowski/message